GRE Word List
MALADROIT
lacking adroitness : inept
The meaning of the word maladroit is lacking adroitness : inept.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |